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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1940

Page

3

Germans Recast as Axis Air War Hits Cities

Berlin and other German cities faced night raids by Allied air forces as incendiaries and explosives struck residential districts. The high command reported 14 dead and 41 injured, while Britain tallied 80 total losses for the day, including 67 in London.

Berlin Germany Hamburg Bremen High Command R. A F Britain London Southampton Port Victoria Liverpool England Thames Communiene North Sea Channel der Anevvriff Goebbels der Anpriff

Moon and Tide Favor Hitler in Next Week Invasion Talk

London reports that the moon and tide will aid Adolf Hitler for several days next week if he attempts to invade England. Nautical Almanac sources predict the highest tide at 1 03 p.m. on September 18 with a full moon, Dover high tide near 18 feet 6 inches and low near 14 feet, a 4 foot rise noted as significantly aiding shore approaches.

London Adolf Hitler England Dover

Brown Heads Camera Club First Lawrence Organi zation

Gordon Brown of Haskell Institute was elected president of the Lawrence Amateur Camera Club at the first fall meeting held at Hixon's studio. Howard Lindley was named vice president, Herbert Jones secretary treasurer. The next meeting is September 25 at 7:30 in the studio. Monthly contests and winter lectures planned. all city photography enthusiasts invited.

Gordon Brown Haskell Institute Lawrence Amateur Camera Club Hixon Howard Lindley Herbert Jones

Nazi policy orders only white French to Germany for labor

The German army is removing only white French war prisoners to Germany to meet racial purity standards, leaving about 400000 Senegalese Algerians and other colonials plus Jews in occupied France prisons. Escaped prisoners disclose that nearly two million French enlisted men are used in German harvest and labor.

France Germany

Sam Coggins Pays College Fees With Nickels

Sam A. Coggins of Nettleton Mississippi, who peddled peanuts to fund his education, paid his $120 fees at Mississippi State with 2 400 nickels counted by the cashier, the funds earned from selling goobers.

Peanuts State College Miss Sam A. Coggins Nettleton Sam Mississippi State

Plane carry plan outlined with 2500 aircraft trips daily

The proposal envisions 2 500 planes conducting four round trips per day to execute the operation.

Tory

Bloodhounds Track Two Youthful Desperadoes in Texas

Bloodhounds trailed the Red River bottoms in search of two youthful desperadoes accused of kidnapping and slaying Deputy Sheriff George Robertson of Lamar County. The officer’s body was found last night near Powderly ten miles north of Paris where he served as deputy.

Paris Tex Red River George Robertson Lamar Powderly Here

Lions Club hears medical talk on infantile paralysis

Dr. Ray Enders described forms symptoms and possible causes and treatment of infantile paralysis at Wiedemann's meeting. Dr. J M Mott compared current epidemic cases with the 1930 outbreak. The club adopted a budget and heard committee reports. New member Phil Potter of Holland Fur nace Co introduced. guests Veil Bratton and Emory Scott from Creston IA attended.

Ray Enders Lions' Club Wiedemann J. M. Mott Phil Potter Holland Furnace Company Veil Bratton Emory Scott Creston

Hancher Named New Iowa University Head

Virgil Melvin Hancher 44 year old Chicago lawyer is named president of Iowa University in Iowa City. A native of Rolfe Iowa he is an Iowa alumnus who earned an A B in 1918 and a 1924 Iowa law degree, after a Rhodes scholarship and a 1922 Oxford degree. His home is Evanston Illinois.

Virgil Melvin Hancher Chicago Iowa University Iowa City Rolfe Navy Oxford Evanston, Ill

Woman Is Sentenced On Robbery Charge In Kansas

Mrs. Bessie Miller, 27, Iola, pleaded guilty to a robbery charge and received a 1 to 5 year sentence at the women's industrial farm from District Judge Vernon Bowersock. She was arrested July 29 near the Kansas Missouri border with her brother Ernest Potter and Robert Howerton after an intensive hunt for two men wanted on kidnap and robbery charges.

Galena Kan Bessie Miller Iola Vernon Bowersock Ernest Potter Robert Howerton Joplin Kansas-Missouri

Wheat seeding advances in western Kansas fields

Winter wheat seeding progressed rapidly in the western third of Kansas last week while other areas remained too wet to work. Early seeded crops show excellent prospects for fall and winter pasture. Volunteer wheat grows well as late corn and fodder crops improve.

Topeka Keta

Electric Service and Freedom in America

An appeal extols electric service as a symbol of freedom and progress in the United States. It praises abundant resources, high consumption of oil and cars, and notes electricity costs have fallen over 12 to 15 years while usage lowers bills further. It credits electric workers and thanks readers for support.

Electric Company

Tooth Paste Prices Seen in Local Shopper List

A dated scan shows prices for oral care items including Tooth PC at 50 cents, Pepsode at 25 cents, Pebeco at 25 cents, Lyons at 75 cents, and Vince at one dollar, reflecting midcentury retail tags.

TOOTH Lyons

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